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J. P. GOLDTHWAIT. BUTTONER.

No. 68,361. Patented Sept. 3, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. GOLDTHWAIT, of. Boston, in the county of Suffolk, in the State of Messachusetts, haveinvented a new and improved Buttoner for buttoni'ng shoes, gloves, end'similar articles; und I do hereby declare that the following is a. fallend exact description thereoirei'erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in so constructing the buttoner that there shall be .no brokensurf'sce on either side to catchin theAbutton-hole, and yet have en opening of suicient size to receive the-button.

To enable others skilled in the art to make und use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. y Y

I construct my buttoner of wire, bent in form, as seen in the drawings, (or it may be out from sheet metal of seme foi-nn) und the same. is provided with' u suitnhlehandle, and is firmly secureclto it by boing riveted at the extreme end of the handle. I

Figure 1 `represents a top view of the buttoner, and

Figure 2, an edge view of same.

A isthe metallic portion ofthe buttoner, B the handle, C the opening for the button, d the opening suited tothe eye of the button, e the button, fthe eye of same, andgjthe cloth or other material to which it is secured.

The operation is es follows: The extreme end D is inserted into the button-hole ofthe article to be butxoued, and forced through up to the handle B, when the 'button is received through the opening C; the motion is then changed to the opposite direction, which carries the eye f of the button e to d, es seen in the drawings, Eg. 2.- 'lhe motion being continued, the button is drawn through the button-hole, which completes thelbuttoning, nml the buttoner is disengaged through the-opening C.

This buttoner is particularly adapted to the buttoning of gloves, shoes, and similar articles, and supplies :t want long felt in thecommunity. It is simple, yet effective, not liable to get out of order, and can -be made suiciently small to carry in the vest-pocket.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A buttoner, substantially es described, consisting of n continuons loop, enlarged ,at C, for the purpose of receiving the button, and narrowed 'at i to suit the eye of the button.

JOHN F. .GOLDTHWAIT.

Witnesses:

H. H. WAsnBUnN, Guo. W. FAIRFIELD. 

